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From: mitsu@well.UUCP (Mitsuharu Hadeishi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0?
Message-ID: <13392@well.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 89 02:34:21 GMT
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	From PC Magazine:  [talking about Windows 3.0] "The
MS-DOS Executive is being replaced with a more sophisticated and intuitive
interface for starting programs and performing file management.  To conquer
the memory limitations under real mode, Windows 3.0 will use protected mode to
run well-behaved Windows applications.  Support for protected mode will
allow Windows programs to transparently use memory above the 640K DOS limit,
giving them much more elbowroom and significantly improved performance."

	"The new releases of both flavors of Windows, due by year's end,
will show dramatic improvements.  If you're wavering, Windows 3.0 will change
your mind.  As executive editor Bill Howard quips, 'It's that good.'"

	Windows 3.0 is purported to support full protected-mode Windows
apps on both 286 and 386 machines.  That means large multimegabyte
applications and data all running at blinding speed.  Any well-behaved
Windows app will run under Windows 3.0, or be easily converted.  Basically
you'll have the power of OS/2 PM yet have the application selection of
Windows (including Excel, Word for Windows, and a number of other Windows
apps).  Developers will be able to develop for a platform that will run
on machines from 640K 286s to 16MB 486 machines.